April  23.  1904. 
JOURNAL  OF  llORTIGULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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round  tlie  basket.  Yet  another  basket  was  done  all  in  pink  ; 
with  Roses,  Ivy-leaved  Geraniums,  Primus,  Almond,  Arc.  A  few 
Lilies  gave  greater  liglitne.ss.  A  wreath  done  in  deep  blue 
I  orget-me-nots,  with  a  spray  bouquet  of  Valley  Lilies,  was  fair. 
A  fan  made  of  white  Stocks  fringed  with  Gypsophila,  and  having 
dark  green  “  baby-ribbon  ”  (|in  breadth)  radiating  evenly  out¬ 
ward  all  over  fi’om  the  centre,  was  very  fine.  Placed  gracefully 
acro.ss  the  middle  of  the  fan  ivas  a  tiny  selected  spray  of  Crim¬ 
son  Rambler  Rose,  all  so  artfully  disposed  that  no  critic  could 
find  fault  with  the  execution.  A  basket  filled  with  mixed  vellow 
and  criimson  Primroses  in  pots  had  a  poor  effect.  Had  the 
basket  Ireen  entirely  occupied  with  rich  yellow  and  primrose 
varieties,  with  richer  coloured  ribbon  around  it,  a  grand  effect 
would  have  resulted.  A  cro.ss,  with  purplish-mauve  Pelar¬ 
goniums  and  Cattleyas,  was  exceedingly  beautiful. 
Gadding  and  Gathering, 
A  Sai’pacenia  Specialist. 
A  specialist  in  Sarracenias  Mr.  A.  J.  A.  Rruce,  The  Xuiseries, 
Chorlton-cum-Hardy,  certainly  is,  but  he  has  other  interests  to 
look  to,  in  his  thriving  business  near  Manche.ster.  New  varietie.s 
of  plants  that  possess  a  market  value  have  comstantly  to  be 
tried,  and  old  things  possibly  improved  on.  Mr.  Bruce  makes  a 
yearly  visit  to  the  Temple  Show  ,  and  his  usual  place  will  again 
he  occupied  in  due  course  with  the  beautiful  and  curious  plants 
he  so  well  cultivates.  The  Sarracenias  have  been  flowering 
freely  at  Chorlton  this  year,  but  that  has  in  no  way  lessened 
the  amount  of  leaf  or  pitcher  giowtli.  As  a  hybridist,  Mr. 
Cattleya  Schrdderai. 
Spanish  Irises,  Sweet  Peas,  and  Gypsophila  are  among  the 
flowers  now  on  tlie  market. 
An  illustration  in  the  “  Florist’s  Exchange  ”  represents  a 
floral  hor.se.shoe,  made  by  the  Art  Floral  Company,  Inc.,  of 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  and  presented  by  the  Rounders’  Club  to  Mr. 
Kennedy  on  the  occasion  of  his  first  appearance  at  the  Fischer 
Theatre  of  that  city.  The  design  stood  about  seven  feet  high, 
and  was  entirely  composed  of  Bridesmaid  and  Meteor  Roses. 
At  a  dinner  given  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  recently  by  George 
H.  iMunroe,  repre.senting  the  Alarconi  wirele.ss  telegraph 
system,  to  the  New  York  Press,  the  floral  decorations  by 
J.  H.  Small  and  Sons  were  unique.  The  scheme  represented 
an  extensive  country  scene,  mountains,  glens,  lakes,  rivers, 
houses,  barns,  wdndmills,  all  reproduced  in  exactness  by  the 
clever  skill  of  the  florist.  Through  this  elaborate  landscape  was 
represented  the  old-fashioned  telegraph  poles,  wires  tangled, 
cut,  and  running  in  every  direction,  illustrating  in  miniature 
their  uselessness  when  compared  with  the  Marconi  wireless 
system. 
Bruce  has  made  succe.ssful  attempts  with  these  plants,  and  he 
has  set  his  mind  upon  transmitting  some  of  the  coloured  net- 
veining  into  the  green  and  yellow-pitchered  varieties.  In  rll 
he  grows  26  varieties  ;  Droseras  and  Dionsca  muscipula,  together 
with  Cephalotus  follicularis  and  the  monotypic  Darlingtonia 
californica  (imported  plants)  are  among.st  others  of  these 
insectivorous  subjects,  which  one  finds  more  largely  here  than 
almost  anywhere  else. 
The  Fairy  Orange  Moss  (Nertera  depressa),  which  usually 
flow'ers  and  berries  so  profusely  at  Chorlton,  is  shy  this  season, 
though  the  plants  are  in  first-rate  condition.  Plumbago  rosea 
is  never  out  of  flower,  and  adds  considerably  to  the  brightness  cf 
the  houses.  Ferns  and  a  miscellaneous  collection  of  market 
plants  occupy  many  of  the  hoirses,  and  decorative  “  Geraniums  ” 
are  grown  in  considerable  numbers,  as  well  as  bedding  plants. 
Marguerite  Golden  Sun,  though  not  seen  in  flower,  was  here  ; 
and  the  highly  meritorious  “  Geranium  ”  named  Beauty,  with 
rosy  scarlet  flowers  and  fine  bushy  habit,  make  two  very  choice 
and  beautiful  plants  for  greenhouse  or  for  the  decoration  of 
